Appeal for information on fatal road crash

Gardai in Newcastlewest are appealing for information following a fatal road crash in Co Limerick in the early hours of the morning.

A 31 year old man with addresses in Limerick city and Tralee died after falling out of a car on the N69 on the new section of road at Bolane, just west of Kildimo at 1am.

The car failed to stop and the man was then struck by a second vehicle driven by a 67 year old local man, coming in the opposite direction, which did stop at the scene.

The deputy State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis has carrried out a preliminary examination of the body, which has now been removed to University Hospital Limerick where a full post mortem is to be carried out.

The road has now re-opened to traffic.

Meanwhile a techical examination of a car believed to have been the one the man fell out of is taking place in the Kennedy Park area of the city.